I can't wait until she is gone. They have played us so close every year and they are finally going to get us. She balls out every time we play them
Sophie Cunningham
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We let them get in our heads... Mizzou only has one player over 6 ft and we couldn’t be patient and work ball inside...
Remember when we went to the National championship game the year we lost the last two SEC regular season games? I do.
Dude... she poured in 24 points and never got rattled or went cold. I hate losing, but players like Cunningham and Ionescu kill us when they’ve got the hot hand.
I was thinking about that too leaving the arena. Not only lost our last two games, but we would’ve clinched a share of the SEC title with a win in either, and one of those we got destroyed at home by an average Tennessee team (our most recent home loss until tonight).
We just had a really bad night. Didn’t do the little things that we normally do well. Our two senior guards were really bad, T was inconsistent, Howard couldn’t stay on the court due to fouls, and Mizzou made a ton of threes. Perfect storm for a loss. But we’re still fine. Just have to regroup for a tough game on Sunday.
Problem is we have no one like that. We have no alpha like Vivians who will just take **** over when necessary. I think it's a big missing piece this year. Tonight we had a bad game, which happens. But we had no one to step up.
Howard can be an alpha. 30 at Oregon to keep us in it. T can be, but her motivation is hit and miss. Even Victoria couldn't do it every time. Morgan got us past Baylor.
I thought we might lose one more in the regular season. Mizzou was the 3rd choice of who I thought might beat us.
First loss at home in 2 years after losing 8 starters in basketball is not too shabby....
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No overreaction. We haven't played this poorly all year, and probably won't again. But the effort and performance tonight would get us beat at South Carolina, probably twice. It'll be interesting to see how this team bounces back, but a #1 seed is probably off the table right now.
Right. That loss is not reflective of who we are as a whole. Every team has a bad game in them.
Exactly, Cunningham tonight was good but not as good as Raina Davis from TN the other day but we still crushed TN because we came to play. Tonight it was obvious from the start that we had no mojo. Looked out of rhythm from the get go. Heck, Big T missed so many point blank shots it was getting ridiculous. Only player we had that really brought it tonight was Howard but unfortunately she missed a big part of the 2nd half with foul trouble. When she had 2 fouls Vic made a bad move not pulling her with 2-3 minutes to go in the first half. He gambled and lost as Howard picked up her 3rd with about 1:15 to go in the 2nd Q.
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Cunningham is damn good. I don't particularly like her theatrics, but she pretty much backs them up with dagger threes and nice drives to the bucket. That point guard seemed to have the same fire in her as well. Mizzou has always been a tough game for us, but they finally got us.
We badly miss Bibby and her outside shooting.
We badly miss Bibby and her outside shooting.
From what I've seen of her, she balls out every time she plays, period. Good, tough ball player.
We really need to stay out of Missouri's side of the bracket in the SEC tournament. We just do not match up with them for some reason.
However, we played disinterested, we shot about 40%, they hit everything they shot, we had players in foul trouble, we made unforced turnovers all game long, and yet we still had a chance to win with about a minute to go. If we played even mediocre we win by double digits.
However, we played disinterested, we shot about 40%, they hit everything they shot, we had players in foul trouble, we made unforced turnovers all game long, and yet we still had a chance to win with about a minute to go. If we played even mediocre we win by double digits.
At the end of the day, it was a rough night but we are still the best team in the league and control our own destiny for the conference title. We may not be able to get a 1 seed now, but everything is still in front of us and this team and coaching staff have proven that they can bounce back strong.
I'm of the opposite mind.
Now that we're pretty much locked into a 2 seed (or maybe a 3 if USC knocks us twice) I want us to play the teams that give us trouble as many times as possible before the Big Dance.
Vic's a good enough coach and our girls experienced enough that they'll be able to use those experiences to learn.
Now that we're pretty much locked into a 2 seed (or maybe a 3 if USC knocks us twice) I want us to play the teams that give us trouble as many times as possible before the Big Dance.
Vic's a good enough coach and our girls experienced enough that they'll be able to use those experiences to learn.
You better believe teams will use this film as the blue print. Opposing guards are backing off Jazz and Danberry daring them to take the long perimeter shot & sagging in the paint helping on big T and Howard. Big T rushed everything last night, wild layup after wild layup.
Yep, if I was playing us, I would put all 5 players in the paint and force MSU to beat me from outside...next year we will have 2 6’5” Centers and an outside game.
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